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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by derefr on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:37PM (#14913894)
I assume the parent poster means "in cases where a lactating mother isn't freely available."

Can you buy human breast milk?

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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by Sleeep on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:23PM (#14914246)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_milk_bank
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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by warrenm on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:39PM (#14913909)
>Can you buy human breats milk

Yes - though it's a caveated "yes". In some places, selling human milk is illegal - but sharing it is not.

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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by Qworg on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:39PM (#14913911)
Not legally. There are underground exchanges and black markets, etc. La Leche League can hook you up.
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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by Sleeep on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:31PM (#14914307)
Yes, legally.

Human milk can be obtained from a milk bank with a doctor's prescription[1] and sells for $3-5 an oz.[2]

[1]http://milkbankne.org/receive/

[2]https://lactationmatters.org/2013/11/08/why-is-donor-milk-so...

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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by Qworg on Thursday August 03, 2017 @01:53PM (#14921957)
Interesting! We had looked into this before and found that it was difficult/impossible. I'm glad it exists!
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